#BFAD3D#BFAD3D

#BFAD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAD3D
RGB	rgb(191, 173, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 68.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -6.38, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 57.81, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0228 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(37.2734, 41.3021, 10.4227)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAD3D #3D4FBF

analogous

#BF6C3D #BFAD3D #90BF3D

triadic

#BFAD3D #3DBFAD #AD3DBF

tetradic

#BFAD3D #3DBF6C #3D4FBF #BF3D90

square

#BFAD3D #3DBF6C #3D4FBF #BF3D90

split-complementary

#BFAD3D #3D90BF #6C3DBF

monochromatic

#62591F #91832E #BFAD3D #CFC16A #DED498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BFAD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAD3D

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAD3D	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfad3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 173, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c579',
    500: '#bfad3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfad3d;
$custom-light: #d6c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfad3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74255,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAD3D

secondary

#8E96CA

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAD3D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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